Leadership isn’t about a title—it’s about how you show up every day. It’s reflected in the way you work, solve problems, and hold yourself to a higher standard. Your performance builds trust and influence, and people take notice. If you want to expand your influence, start by focusing on how you perform. Here’s how: 1...
Do you remember the AT&T commercials with the theme “Just OK is not OK?” They hilariously depicted businesses delivering subpar work, like the brake shop whose motto was, “If the brakes don’t stop it, something will!” The message was clear—just OK is not OK. As leaders, we know that excellence must be the expectation, not..
Years ago, I met a coach who had taken over a struggling high school basketball team. They were good players, but they had been beaten down by years of losing seasons. In their minds, defeat was their default setting. When I asked the coach how he was going to turn things around, he smiled and..
In an unexpected setting, the Missouri Department of Corrections has become the stage for transformational leadership. Laura Fehrenbach has been with the state of Missouri’s probation and parole department for 26 years, serving as the district administrator for the last ten in southern Missouri. She works with justice-involved individuals who are either on probation or..
Many years ago, someone called me a “typical sanguine” and I had no idea about what that meant but it caused me to study the temperaments. I learned about their strengths and weaknesses and learned that no temperament is perfect! I discovered I was a sanguine and that by nature I am a happy person...
“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. That can happen only when the leader is willing to hear and face the truth.” John C. Maxwell “Today you are YOU, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than YOU.” Dr. Seuss “The first duty of every Starfleet..
Dr. John C. Maxwell and the team from the Maxwell Leadership Foundation visits Panama from July 23-26. The Maxwell Leadership Foundation’s mission is to grow leaders to transform their world. We are doing it one community, school and country at a time. The Maxwell Leadership Foundation’s Country Transformation Initiative partners with heads of state and..
